| 11. | Hemidesmosomes provide anchorage between cells through small filament-like structures provided by the remnants of ameloblasts.
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| 12. | This is because they are formed by entrapment of odontoblast processes between ameloblasts prior to and during amelogenesis.
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| 13. | Both ameloblasts ( the cells which initiate enamel formation ) and Tomes'processes affect the crystals'pattern.
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| 14. | Amelogenesis, or enamel formation, occurs after the first establishment of dentin, via cells known as ameloblasts.
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| 15. | In the maturation stage, the ameloblasts transport some of the substances used in enamel formation out of the enamel.
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| 16. | The ameloblasts will only become fully functional after the first layer of dentin ( predentin ) has been formed by odontoblasts.
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| 17. | These signs demonstrate that the ameloblasts have changed their function from production, as in the secretory stage, to transportation.
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| 18. | At some point before the tooth erupts into the mouth, but after the maturation stage, the ameloblasts are broken down.
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| 19. | Thus, the function of ameloblasts changes from enamel production, as occurs in the secretory stage, to transportation of substances.
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| 20. | Recent research suggests that BCL11B is crucial for ameloblasts ( the cells that produce tooth enamel ) to form and work properly.
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